Alexis Warr

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Alexis Warr
Warr in 2025
Born (2000-06-05) June 5, 2000 (age 26)
Highland, Utah, U.S.
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • choreographer
Known forSo You Think You Can Dance
Strictly Come Dancing
Spouse
Jake Burton
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(m. 2018)​

Alexis Warr Burton (née Warr; born June 5, 2000) is an American dancer and choreographer. She is the first Latin and ballroom dancer to win the competition series So You Think You Can Dance, emerging victorious on its seventeenth season. After appearing as part of the dance troupe on Dancing with the Stars, she became a professional on the British version of the series, Strictly Come Dancing.

Early life

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Alexis Warr was born on June 5, 2000, in Highland, Utah.[1] She developed an early interest in dance through watching her sister perform in local musical theater productions.[2] Warr started training at the Center Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem when she was six years old.[3] She learned ballet and jazz the following year, and added ballroom to her training by the age of thirteen.[2] She is also trained in contemporary, hip hop, tap, and gymnastics.[1]

Career

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After leaving high school, Warr embarked on her first tour performance with Derek Hough, and subsequently worked as a dancer on America's Got Talent.[2] In 2022, Warr became a contestant on the seventeenth season of So You Think You Can Dance, ultimately going on to be crowned "America's Favorite Dancer".[4] She became the first female Ballroom and Latin dancer to claim the title.[5] Following this, she became a member of the dance troupe on Dancing with the Stars.[6][7] In 2024, she appeared in the music video for JoJo Siwa's song "Karma".[8]

2025–present: Strictly Come Dancing

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In July 2025, it was announced that Warr would be joining the twenty-third series of Strictly Come Dancing in the United Kingdom as a professional dancer, alongside Julian Caillon.[9] Following the announcement, Warr said she had "admired Strictly Come Dancing for years, so joining this incredible family is such an honor."[10][11] For her inaugural series, she was partnered with social media personality George Clarke.[12]

Series Partner Place Average
Score
23 George Clarke 2nd 33.2

Color key:

  Winners
  Runners-up
  Withdrew

Series 23

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Celebrity partner: George Clarke

Week Dance Music Judges' scores[a] Total score Result
Horwood Mabuse Ballas Du Beke
1 American Smooth "Stargazing" — Myles Smith 6 6 6 6 24 No elimination
2 Paso doble "Game of Survival" — Ruelle 7 7 8 8 30 Safe
3 Couple's Choice "Soda Pop" — Saja Boys 6 8 9 8 31 Safe
4 Tango “Viva la Vida” — Coldplay 7 8 7 8 30 Safe
5 Jive “As It Was” — Harry Styles 6 7 6 8 27 Safe
6 Cha-cha-cha "Apple" — Charli XCX 6 7 8 8 29 Safe
7 Viennese waltz "Somebody to Love" — Queen 8 8 9 9 34 Safe
8 Rumba "Somewhere Only We Know" — Lily Allen 6 7 8 8 29 Safe
9 Salsa "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)" — Bob Sinclar & Cutee B feat. Dollarman, Big Ali & Makedah 9 10 10 10 39 No Elimination
10 Quickstep "I Get a Kick Out of You" — Frank Sinatra 8 8 9 9 34[13] Safe
11 Argentine Tango "The Point of No Return" 8 9 9 9 35 Safe
12 Samba "Volare" — Gipsy Kings 8 9 9 9 35 Safe
Charleston "We No Speak Americano" — Yolanda Be Cool 8 9 10 10 37
13 Viennese Waltz "Somebody to Love" — Queen 9 10 10 10 39 Runners-up
Showdance "Human" — The Killers 9 10 10 10 39
Paso Doble "Game of Survival" — Ruelle 9 10 10 10 39
Notes
  1. ^ Individual judges' scores are listed in the following order: Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke.
  • Green number indicates when George and Alexis were at the top of the leaderboard.
  • Red number indicates when George and Alexis were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Personal life

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Warr is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[3] She married her high school sweetheart, Jake Burton, on November 15, 2018, at the Provo City Center Temple.[3][14] Warr dedicated her So You Think You Can Dance victory to her mother, who was battling brain cancer.[15][16]

References

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